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The Sutton Community Hall is a historic municipal building in
Sutton, Alaska Sutton (Ahtna: ''Ts'es Tac'ilaexde'';  Dena'ina: ''Ts'es Tuk'ilaght'') is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. At the 2020 census the population was 1,038, down from 1,447 in 2010. The CD ...
. It is located on the west side of Jonesville Road, about north of its junction with the
Glenn Highway The Glenn Highway (part of Alaska Route 1) is a highway in the U.S. state of Alaska, extending from Anchorage near Merrill Field to Glennallen on the Richardson Highway. The Tok Cut-Off is often considered part of the Glenn Highway, for a tota ...
. It is a single-story wood-frame structure, measuring , with a shallow-pitch gabled sheet metal roof. The building has entrances on the north, south and east sides, the east-facing one sheltered by a hood with diagonal bracing. The exterior has several types of cladding, including asphalt shingles and board-and-batten siding. The building was built in 1927 to serve as a bunkhouse for workers building the
Eklutna Power Plant The Eklutna Power Plant, also referred to as Old Eklutna Power Plant, is a historic hydroelectric power plant on the Eklutna River in Anchorage, Alaska. Located about downstream of the more modern new Eklutna Power Plant, it was built in 1928– ...
, and was moved to the present location in 1950 to serve the unincorporated community of Sutton as a meeting space. The hall served the community as its principal civic and social meeting space for forty years. The building was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 2013. It was at that time unused and in deteriorating condition.


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Matanuska-Susitna Bor ...


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Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska Government buildings completed in 1927 Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska Relocated buildings and structures in Alaska 1927 establishments in Alaska Community centers in the United States {{MatanuskaSusitnaAK-geo-stub